[Kuksool]

If Herseth wins the SD House seat, then she will be the heiress to the Senate seat of either Tom Daschle or Tim Johnson. Both Daschle and Johnson held SD's lone House seat before being elected to the Senate.

[Torie]

The dynamics of senate elections is a bit past heir apparents. Sure, it would give the woman a leg up, after seasoning in House. Maybe, in another 12 years, she could take Johnson's seat. I don't worry about it. I certainly understand Thune rejecting the idea of a reprise of a House stint. Indeed, the idea might be so stale, he might lose such a race.